fierce34000|Rain-related incidents kill 8 in Indian capital

NEW DELHIfierce34000, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Rain-related incidents in Indian capital territory Delhi have claimed eight lives, officials said Saturday.

On Saturday, rescuers pulled the bodies of three laborers from the rubble of a wall that collapsed at a construction site in the Vasant Vihar locality, taking the death toll to eight in the rains that lashed Delhi with the onset of monsoon.

The wall had collapsed on Friday morning.

"Earthmovers were used to clear the debris and water was pumped out of the foundation pit to recover the bodies," an official of the Delhi Fire Service said.

Friday's rainfall was recorded as the highest in a single June day in 88 years. Five deaths were reported in rain-related incidents on Friday.■